According to WHO, there are 285 million people worldwide that are visually impaired and 90% of this population lives in poverty. It goes without saying that visually impaired people face challenges on a daily basis. However, it is also refreshing to see makers and individuals out there building solu…

Gabriel is 8 years old and happens to be non-verbal with autism. His family thinks he’s super!  Some of his favorite things include Batman, the color orange, reading, animals & letters! Super G? We think you’re super too! Welcome to the Mighty League: Would you like us to feature yo…

By Megan Amodeo Who has the biggest house? The best car? The most intelligent children? The most athletic children? Sometimes it seems that we spend the majority of our days comparing ourselves with other people and their children. I’m sure we’ve all been compared with others at least once in our li…

Autistic women show unusually strong connections, and autistic men unusually weak ones, between two specific brain regions, according to a new study1. The connections stretch from two regions within the cerebellum, which governs movement, emotion and language, to parts of the cerebral cortex. The la…

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People who lose one eye have the option to get a fake eye (also called glass eye) – a prosthetic eye that helps them improve their appearance. This lifelike prosthetic eye is typically made from acrylic and is handmade by technicians called ocularists. The current process of manually creating …

From the very beginning, it was the founders’ mission to make Zoom a magazine for the autism community BY the autism community. It was important that the majority of our writers and contributors be autistic themselves. Our advisory board is made up of valued community leaders who have provided their…

Mice with extra copies of UBE3A, a gene linked to autism and related conditions, tend to die from seizures more often than controls. The finding comes from a new set of mice that could enable researchers to study how extra copies of UBE3A contribute to these conditions. Researchers presented the res…

A Different Roads exclusive, ABA Tools of the Trade is a collection and summary of tools in ABA and how to use them to both track behavior and effect behavior change. Perfect whether you’re new to data collection or just looking for new tools and strategies!   *Promotion is valid until De…

Max, Teacher Harriet's nephew, is a new, recurring character on the show and is easily overwhelmed by certain stimuli, including loud sounds, bright lights, and uncomfortable fabrics. The post Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Is Introducing A New Character With Autism appeared first on The Autism S…

In 2020, as many as 5.8 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s Disease and this number is expected to nearly triple to 14 million by 2060. Alzheimer’s causes memory loss that disrupts daily life, makes it difficult to complete daily tasks, and causes confusion and poor judgement. Many tim…

Oticon Opn, the next generation of hearing aids, does a lot more than just helping deaf or hard of hearing people hear. Besides fitting discretely behind a person’s ears, Oticon Opn also makes hearing multiple speakers in noisy environments, and improves their ability to understand speech in c…

She’s 6 feet 9 inches, and her legs measure a whopping 53 inches — giving her the longest legs in the world!Source: The Autism Site